Foreword -- Dead on the floor -- Coal miner's daughter -- The thing we carry, the things we hide -- How'd I get myself into a toughman contest? -- "Want to box, girl?" -- Meeting my mentor... and my menace -- What kind of proposal was that? -- Enter Don King -- The fight that legitimized me and women's boxing -- Bright lights, big city -- Big fights, ear bites -- Chasing a million dollar payday... and not getting it -- On boxing: it's not about violence; it's about self-control -- All done with Don King but not with fighting, inside and outside the ring -- Down for the count and ashamed of how I got there -- No place to run, no place to hide -- Sex, drugs and videotapes -- A champion again, but not for long -- Comeback to nowhere -- One life ends and so does another -- Necessary endings, new beginnings.
Summary:
"Christy Martin spent most of her life hiding. For someone who for two decades was the most famous female fighter in the world, that wasn't easy. This book is the extraordinary tale of a female athlete's rise to become the fighter who legitimized women in combat sports and the personal turmoil she hid from the world." -- Provided by publisher.
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